Best United-team never to have played for United

[lysglimt]

Since we all are horribly bored - what is the best team we have had of former United-youngsters never to have appeared for United in the League.

That I can recall without really checking source: 3-5-2 - who did I forget ? Probably loads of players

Dean Henderson

Craig Cathcart
Ryan Shawcross
James Chester

Robbie Brady
Matt James
Oliver Norwood
Danny Drinkwater
Dwight McNeill

Josh King
Peter Beardsley

 

[dcrompton]

David Platt and Robbie Savage

 

[Class of 63]

Think you've pretty much named them all though players like Paul McShane, Corry Evans, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Ashley Fletcher, David Fox and Kieran Lee, and even Jacob Butterfield would be useful coming from the bench!

And Mats Møller Dæhli has gone on to gain 23 full International caps for Norway if you include players that left England.

 

[Josh 76]

Maybe you should change it to the players that we nearly got, but didn't for some reason or another.

On top of my head.

Ronaldino
Robben
Shearer
Bale
Edgar Davids
Gascoigne
Brian Laudrop
Hazard

 

[Tiber]

Maybe you should change it to the players that we nearly got, but didn't for some reason or another.

On top of my head.

Ronaldino
Robben
Shearer
Bale
Edgar Davids
Gascoigne
Brian Laudrop
Hazard

Define nearly got? its not like any of the players had a deal signed but failed a medical. They chose to go somewhere else

 

[TheReligion]

Define nearly got? its not like any of the players had a deal signed but failed a medical. They chose to go somewhere else

Who was the Brazilian who did but it fell through?

 

[Skills]

We signed Mikel and then sold him to Chelsea for 12m before he even played for us. Funded the Carrick purchase

 

[Class of 63]

Who was the Brazilian who did but it fell through?

Célio Silva was done and dusted but luckily we couldn't get a work-permit for him.

 

[Rozay]

Lloris Karius and Dwight Gayle surely have to be in that team.

 

[TheReligion]

Célio Silva was done and dusted but luckily we couldn't get a work-permit for him.

Yes that was him, you say luckily? Was he shite?

 

[TheReligion]

@Class of 63

RE Silva

"He was nicknamed by fans "O Canhão do Brasileirão" (The Cannon of the Brazilian Championship) for his extremely potent right-foot shot. One of his shots was measured at 136 km/h (84.5 mph) during a test organized by Globo Esporte."

 

[Dante]

http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/all_players_all_apps/all_players_all_apps.html

How about the best United team to have played fewer than 40 games for United?

 

[Class of 63]

Yes that was him, you say luckily? Was he shite?

He wasn't shite, you don't play 11/12 times for Brazil if you are, but far too short(well under 6 feet) and he didn't have the long-ball game for European football.

 

[DWelbz19]

Lloris Karius and Dwight Gayle surely have to be in that team.

Marcos Llorente - Steven Gerrard pivot?

 

[Roux]

I remember Daniel Nardiello banging in the goal at youth level - not sure if he ever played for the first team.

 

[Amir]

He wasn't shite, you don't play 11/12 times for Brazil if you are, but far too short(well under 6 feet) and he didn't have the long-ball game for European football.

We ended up signing Henning Berg instead.

 

[Class of 63]

We ended up signing Henning Berg instead.

There was somebody else we were linked with at the time, but we were definitely looking for somebody in the 27-29 age range and Henning fit the bill.

It'll do my head in now trying to remember who it was

 

[Rozay]

Marcos Llorente - Steven Gerrard pivot?

Llorente definitely gets in, and Demba Ba is a shout too.

 

[Class of 63]

I remember Daniel Nardiello banging in the goal at youth level - not sure if he ever played for the first team.

Remember watching him play for England school boys, can't believe he's only 37

He played in the League Cup and Champions League circa 2003, but never in the League.

 

[berbasloth4]

There was somebody else we were linked with at the time, but we were definitely looking for somebody in the 27-29 age range and Henning fit the bill.

It'll do my head in now trying to remember who it was

mark fish was linked to us for years who eventually went to Charlton

 

[Davìd Moyéz]

You've missed John Obi Mikel...

 

[Class of 63]

mark fish was linked to us for years who eventually went to Charlton

Yeah, but think that was a few years earlier, and he was only 21/22 at the time.

 

[berbasloth4]

Yeah, but think that was a few years earlier, and he was only 21/22 at the time.

i think was a chilean boy we tried sign around that time too who went to west ham eventually

 

[Amir]

i think was a chilean boy we tried sign around that time too who went to west ham eventually

Dante Poli, we brought him on a trial. I think he played in a friendly against Inter.

In 1996 we tried to get Markus Babbel from Bayern. He wanted more money than Cantona so we said no (we weren't very good at paying players at the time...).

 

[Class of 63]

i think was a chilean boy we tried sign around that time too who went to west ham eventually

We had the highly-rated Dante Poli over from Chile on trial circa 1997 but remember SAF saying he was shocked how short he was, he joked he was only about 5'7", which was strange because he's listed at 6'1"

He had a year in Greece, but never played in one of the major Leagues.

 

[Class of 63]

Dante Poli, we brought him on a trial. I think he played in a friendly against Inter.

In 1996 we tried to get Markus Babbel from Bayern. He wanted more money than Cantona so we said no (we weren't very good at paying players at the time...).

There was a TV interview in English at the time where Babbel threw a proper strop saying United were messing him about and had already agreed to buy somebody else and pay them higher wages, he was nearly in tears

 

[manutddjw]

I remember we supposedly had a deal with some Brazilian club and a few players showed up as guests for one of our games. Did anything happen with that? All I really remember was reading articles here but they were poorly google translated so I remember one guys name was Leo the Baptist.

 

[Class of 63]

I remember we supposedly had a deal with some Brazilian club and a few players showed up as guests for one of our games. Did anything happen with that? All I really remember was reading articles here but they were poorly google translated so I remember one guys name was Leo the Baptist.

That was circa 2012 and the club/academy was Desportivo Brasil, and the lads that came over: Brruno Gomes, Gladstony, Aguilar, Agnaldo, Rafael Leao(not the one at AC Milan), and Lucas Evangelista.

 

[Pughnichi]

Linked heavily with Vivien-Foe before he rocked up a few years later with City. Looked an absolute beast. RIP

Very close to signing Nadal allegedly aswell

 

[Class of 63]

Any chance of getting this albeit dying thread back on track peeps?

 

[TheReligion]

That was circa 2012 and the club/academy was Desportivo Brasil, and the lads that came over: Brruno Gomes, Gladstony, Aguilar, Agnaldo, Rafael Leao(not the one at AC Milan), and Lucas Evangelista.

Did any of them become decent?

 

[Class of 63]

Did any of them become decent?

Not really, Lucas Evangelista has probably done best, he along with Bruno Gomes, who wilted after being labelled the new Pato, Gladstony, and Agnaldo who spent time at Molde with Ole, are all still in Europe but at smaller clubs in France, Portugal and Italy.

 

[MrMarcello]

Had Essien, Muntari, and a couple other Ghanians on trial circa 1999. There's a story in there about wanting to sign the players and farm them out to Belgium, Royal Antwerp think it was, due to those shitty work permit rules. Most balked and Essien was soon scooped up by Bastia.

 

[cyril C]

Pigue, Simpson

 

[cyril C]

Maybe you should change it to the players that we nearly got, but didn't for some reason or another.

On top of my head.

Ronaldino
Robben
Shearer
Bale
Edgar Davids
Gascoigne
Brian Laudrop
Hazard

That will be about rest of the world. WHO has not been associated with MU?

 

[Chipper]

Other eligible players with decent enough careers or career highlights.

Gary Micklewhite
Shaun Goater
Fraser Digby
Mark Crossley (on loan)
David Johnson
Tony Coton (not a youth, experienced cover)
Danny Webber
David Jones
Tom Heaton
Angelo Henriquez
Frederic Veseli
Lee Grant (not a youth)

Heaton at his Burnley best would arguably be in there but not now, Crossley wouldn't be far away either.

Micklewhite is a possibility but I don't know. I remember his name from when he was playing for Derby but nothing about how good he was and had to look up his exact position. . Right-sided midfielder apparently so he'd be up against McNeill.Looks like he had 141 top-flight appearances across 6 seasons for QPR and Derby.

 

[Class of 63]

Gary Micklewhite

Remember being chuffed for Micklewhite when he started the 1982 FA Cup Final replay for QPR, God i'm old!